GCRF_NF407 - Emergency strategies for mitigating the effects of COVID-19 in care homes in low and middle income countries

在许多发展中国家，有大量的老年人疗养院。在新冠肺炎疫情爆发之前，它们几乎没有受到政策制定者或学者的关注。现在人们担心大流行将影响疗养院的居民和工作人员，这是可以理解的。养老院的责任主要移交给地方政府，许多人正在寻求制定应急计划。这些需要考虑到特定的情况，包括稀缺的资源和在大流行之前对养老院的非常有限的监管。我们将与三个国家(巴西、南非和墨西哥)的地方政府机构合作，支持制定和实施应急计划，并评估其对养老院的影响。在与更广泛的决策者和专家网络磋商的基础上，我们制定了一套指导原则(CIAT框架)。我们将与地方政府合作，将这一框架付诸实践，对其进行完善，并更广泛地评估其对发展中国家的潜在价值。与此同时，我们将与对养老院和新冠肺炎感兴趣的政策制定者和研究人员开发一个互动在线网络，与我们在疫情期间开发的现有在线政策网络相连接。

In many developing countries there are large numbers of care homes for older people. Until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, they received little attention from policymakers or academics. There is now understandable concern that the pandemic will affect care home residents, as well as staff. Responsibility for care homes is mainly devolved to local governments, and many are looking to develop emergency plans. These need to take account of specific contexts, including scarce resources and very limited regulation of care homes prior to the pandemic. We will partner local government agencies in three countries (Brazil, South Africa and Mexico) to support the development and implementation of emergency plans, and to assess their effects on care homes. Based on consultations with a wider network of policy-makers and experts, we have developed a set of guiding principles (The CIAT Framework). We will work with local governments to put this framework into practice, refine it and assess its potential value for developing countries more generally. At the same time, we will develop an interactive online network with policy-makers and researchers interested in care homes and COVID-19, linked to an existing online policy network we have developed during the pandemic.